Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems and Firmware

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming

languages (C++).

• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products,

and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

• 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and Android

build/development environments.

• Experience with multi-processor architectures and inter-processor

communication.

• Experience with low-level debugging, Protocol Buffers (protobuf) and Remote

Procedure Calls (RPCs).

• Experience with on-chip peripherals (e.g., I2C, SPI, UART).
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux environments and kernel development.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change

how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one

another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend

well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from

all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale

system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence,

natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is

growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project

critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as

you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be

versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new

problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

In this role, you will be responsible for all layers of software, from the

platform up through the sensor stack and Wear OS, for first-party wearable

devices. You will focus on the interaction between co-processors and the main

Application Processor (AP) complex, as well as the co-processor itself, and

algorithms and related sensors. You will also work to influence future hardware

architectures to push the boundary of highly efficient ambient computing.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software

platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our

first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software,

and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new

technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more

seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and optimize the software platform for wearable co-processors,

including board bring-up, AP/co-processor communication, and on-chip

peripherals.

• Work with partner teams to improve sensors and Context Hub Runtime

Environment (CHRE) frameworks.

• Build and maintain a developer-friendly environment and abstraction layers to

support other teams working on the co-processor.

• Evaluate and prove out power, performance, and platform capabilities on new

and unreleased hardware to inform next-generation wearable experiences.

• Integrate and enhance frameworks for algorithm development, data collection,

telemetry, and testing (e.g., unit, integration, hardware-in-the-loop).